Michele Sliger is the founder of Sliger Consulting Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Michele has extensive experience in agile software development, having transitioned to Scrum and XP practices in 2000 after a career start under the traditional waterfall. As a self-described "bridge builder," her passion lies in helping those in traditional software development environments cross the bridge to agility. Along with co-author Stacia Broderick, their forthcoming book "The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility" will focus on that topic, helping PMI-trained project managers make the transition. Michele is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). If you'd like to read some of Michele's work, visit www.sligerconsulting.com and click on "Articles".